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| Keywords: Sylvester-square.svg Graphical demonstration of the sum of the reciprocals of Sylvester's sequence <math>1 \frac12 + \frac13 + \frac17 + \frac1 43 + \frac1 1807 + \cdots</math> The first row of 2 squares has side length 1/2 for total area 1/2 the second row of 3 squares has side length 1/3 for total area 1/3 etc All the squares together fill out the area of a unit square showing that the total area is 1 Only the first four rows are shown; the bottom row is at distance 1/1806 from the bottom side of the unit square a distance too small to easily be seen in the figure en wikipedia 2006-12-05 David Eppstein wikipedia en File Znam-2-3-11-23-31 svg David Eppstein original upload log page en wikipedia Sylvester-square svg 2006-12-05 01 23 David Eppstein 256×256×0 3909 bytes <nowiki>Graphical demonstration of the sum of the reciprocals of Sylvester's sequence <math>1 \frac12 + \frac13 + \frac17 + \frac1 43 + \frac1 1807 + \cdots</math> The first row of 2 squares has side length 1/2 for total area 1/2 the second row of 3 s</nowiki> Number theory Files by User David Eppstein from en wikipedia Order 4 | ||||
